Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son
Release: 1996-09-13
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 6.7
Drama
History
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Production Countries
Ireland
United States of America
Production Companies
Hell's Kitchen
Castle Rock Entertainment
Cast
Stephen Hogan
as Young Turk
Joan Sheehy
as Woman Searcher #1
Jer O'Leary
as Hunger Striker #1
Helen Mirren
as Kathleen Quigley
David O'Hara
as Frank Higgins
Dan Gordon
as Inspector McPeake
Ciarán Fitzgerald
as Liam Quigley
Michael O'Sullivan
as Prison Officer Davis
John Lynch
as Bobby Sands
Ciarán Hinds
as Danny Boyle
Bosco Hogan
as British Captain
Tom Hollander
as Farnsworth
Peter Howitt
as SAS Leader
John Kavanagh
as Cardinal
Doreen Keogh
as Mother Superior
Tim Woodward
as Harrington
Tony Flynn
as Cyclist
Jennifer Gibney
as Woman Searcher #2
Richard Butler
as MP (uncredited)
Geraldine O'Rawe
as Alice Quigley
Gerard McSorley
as Father Daly
Mal Whyte
as Barrister
Sean Lawlor
as Platoon Leader
Fionnula Flanagan
as Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen
as Gerard Quigley
Tim McDonnell
as Hunger Striker #2
Anthony Brophy
as Prisoner's Leader
Robert Lang
as Government Minister
Oliver Maguire
as Frank Maguire
Barry Cassin
as Prosecutor
